In September 2024, CDC announced a multistate outbreak investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis infections associated with eggs. As of October 17, 2024, a total of 93 people infected with the outbreak strain had been reported from 12 states. Illness onset dates ranged from May 23, 2024 to September 13, 2024. Of 87 people with information
Over 1600 sickened.
Beginning in May 2010, the Centers for Disease Control noted a four-fold, nationwide, increase in the number of laboratory isolations of the same strain of Salmonella Enteritidis. Independent, epidemiologic investigations conducted by public health personnel in California, Colorado, and Minnesota revealed multiple outbreaks at restaurants or events. The data suggested that shell
As of June 5, 2025, a total of 79 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 7 states (Arizona 3, California 63, Kentucky 1, Nebraska 2, New Jersey 2, Nevada 4, Washington 4). Six ill people in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Washington reported traveling to California and Nevada before they
“Frankly, that’s shoddy work,” he said. “We deserve better.”
I am just leaving the Association of Health Care Journalist meeting in LA and I have a feeling that all these good editors would not approve of the use of AI for made up facts and citations.The Washington Post reports this AM: Some of the citations
A multistate Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard chickens has grown in just three weeks from 7 to 104 cases, with one death now recorded.
Since its most recent update on May 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 97 new patients, and the number of affected states rose from 6 to 35.
June 7 – “Food Safety: Science in Action”
Every June 7, we celebrate World Food Safety Day (WFSD), and in 2025 we commemorate its seventh edition. This day aims to raise awareness and promote concrete actions to prevent, detect, and manage foodborne risks, thereby supporting human health, safe trade, responsible agriculture, and sustainable
Will state health officials alert their own citizens of the vector of foodborne illness outbreaks and which companies produced and supplied it – now, in most outbreaks the victims are never told what the cause of their illness actually was.
Presently, when a person or child is stricken by a reportable foodborne pathogen (like E.
According to Calgary news, a commercial kitchen company pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offenses for failing to have a catering license and for three health violations, after a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged after the eight-week outbreak that was declared
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
By Stephanie Armour
Colton George felt sick. The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt. He kept running to the bathroom and
A restaurant in Merced is closed and is undergoing a police investigation for contaminated food with a controlled substance[1] of unknown origin, police say.
Merced police are investigating Carniceria Los Cerritos after a local hospital reported that several individuals came in with food poisoning after eating there.
Police say that a preliminary investigation showed
